Particular interrogatories to be submitted
Full Text
On an application for leave to deliver interrogatories, the particular interrogatories proposed to be delivered shall be submitted to the Court and that court shall decide within seven days from the day of filing of the said application. In deciding upon such application, the Court shall take into account any offer, which may be made by the party sought to be interrogated to deliver particulars, or to make admissions, or to produce documents relating to the matters in question, or any of them, and leave shall be given as to such only of the interrogatories submitted as the Court shall consider necessary either for disposing fairly of the suit or for saving costs.
Plain English Summary
Directs that proposed interrogatories must accompany the leave application, which the court must decide within 7 days, granting leave only for questions necessary for fair disposal of the suit or saving costs.
Key Legal Elements
- Annexure of Draft Questions: Application must annex the exact numbered draft interrogatories.
- Statutory 7-Day Disposal Target: Inserted by 1999 CPC Amendment to eliminate pre-trial dilatory tactics.
- Alternative Offers Considered: Court considers whether the opposite party offered voluntary particulars or document inspection.
- Statutory Test for Grant: Must be strictly necessary for (i) disposing fairly of the suit, OR (ii) saving costs.
Practical Note
Drafting the Interrogatories Application: Draft questions must be precise, close-ended, and direct (e.g., 'State whether the agreement dated 10th June 2022 was executed by your authorized director?'). Avoid open-ended essays. If the court grants leave, the order directs the opposite party to answer within 10 days under Rule 8.
हिंदी पाठ
परिप्रश्न परिदत्त करने की इजाजत के लिए आवेदन पर, परिदत्त किए जाने के लिए प्रस्थापित विशिष्ट परिप्रश्न न्यायालय के समक्ष प्रस्तुत किए जाएंगे और वह न्यायालय उक्त आवेदन के दाखिल किए जाने के दिन से सात दिन (7 Days) के भीतर विनिश्चय करेगा। ऐसे आवेदन पर विनिश्चय करने में, न्यायालय किसी ऐसे प्रस्ताव को ध्यान में रखेगा जो उस पक्षकार द्वारा किया जाए जिससे परिप्रश्न पूछे जाने हैं, कि वह विशिष्टियां परिदत्त करे या स्वीकृतियां करे या विवादग्रस्त विषयों या उनमें से किसी से संबंधित दस्तावेज प्रस्तुत करे, और प्रस्तुत परिप्रश्नों में से केवल उन्हीं के लिए इजाजत दी जाएगी जिन्हें न्यायालय या तो वाद का ऋजु निपटारा करने के लिए अथवा खर्चे की बचत के लिए आवश्यक समझे।